The highest-paid sportsman in the history of human civilisation was a Roman charioteer named Gaius Appuleius Diocles. He competed in 4,257 races, won 1,462 of them, and retired with 35,863,120 …
The Hardware Illusion: Why AI Agents, Not Gadgets, Are the Real Paradigm Shift
In 2009, Palm unveiled webOS — software so good that Steve Jobs allegedly panicked. Multi-tasking, card-based navigation, developer-friendly APIs, seamless notifications. By most accounts it was …
We’ve Always Been Building Paperclip Machines
My former colleague Mark House wrote something this week that's been rattling around in my head. He references the Universal Paperclips game — a browser game where an AI tasked with making paperclips …
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What Wall Street English Taught Me About AI in Education
I have spent this series writing about AI in education as an outside observer — analysing trends, citing research, drawing conclusions. But I am not an outside observer. I run product at Wall Street …
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The Study Nobody in EdTech Is Quoting
There’s a study that should be everywhere in education conversations. It isn’t. Published in Scientific Reports — Nature’s peer-reviewed journal — in 2025, a randomised controlled …
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Why Teachers Should Embrace AI (And How)
There’s a fear in education circles that keeps many teachers up at night: “AI is coming for our jobs.” I understand the fear. It’s been stoked by headlines promising that …
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